As much as I would like to own them, all the characters and plot of Once Upon A Time belong to ABC – I own nothing.
Ok, so this is my first Swan Queen one-shot. I decided to fill out a prompt over on Tumblr, so I really hope I did it justice (I love vampire Emma!), enjoy the vampire SQ goodness! I may leave this as a one shot or continue, I haven't made my mind up yet. Enjoy! (The prompt is below)
usscaroline: so here's a swan queen prompt for ya: Emma is a Vampire and has been able to keep control of herself until Regina cuts herself on accident and Emma suddenly realizes that she loves and is attracted to Regina and NEEDS her. a few conditions: Emma was changed after she had Henry, Vampires in this world are able to walk in the light and have simply perpetuated the lies. can be smuty or fluffy or both. canon pre-curse break should be mostly the same. post curse break can be as au as you would like
Storybrooke, post-curse, slight AU
Emma pulled on a shirt and then grabbed her black leather jacket before heading out the door without even a goodbye to her mother. She was already in a rush this morning for a meeting with Regina and knowing how the mayor was with timings she was already going to be in big trouble if she was even a few seconds late.
She rushed outside and briskly started making her way down the main street of Storybrooke, dreading what she knew was going to be a very long morning. When she finally arrived at the mayor's office she realised that she was early with a minute to spare. Smirking to herself she thought she'd surprise Regina by being earlier than expected even if it was only a minute. She loved to prove the once-evil queen wrong in ways just like this.
Opening the door, however, was the worst thing she could have done as Regina was already on her case. "Miss Swan, would you mind knocking next time?" She said, looking up from her desk.
Emma sighed. There goes her little bit of fun. "Sorry Madame Mayor"
Regina nodded as Emma closed the door behind her. "You seem to be unusually early for once"
"Yeah, thought I'd keep you on your toes"
"I won't keep my hopes up, Miss Swan. I know you're not one for routine"
Emma sighed as Regina smirked, the brunette always having the last say, or laugh in this case. The blonde walked forward and sat in the chair across from her ready to get this over with.
"So, what did you want my help with that couldn't wait until the next town meeting?"
"I have something that I have been planning for a long time now and have only just gotten the opportunity to do."
"Like what?" Emma asked, eyeing the other woman suspiciously.
"Henry says that the school needs to raise money to build a new softball stadium. This was a while ago but when he comes home from practice he reminds me every time"
"Ok, so what has this got to do with me?"
"I need you to come up with a way to raise the money"
"Why can't you do it?"
"Because people don't trust me as much as they do you, Miss Swan. Plus, I'm sure that with your mother being Snow White many people would be willing to give for a good cause."
Emma rubbed her temples. "You really know how to annoy me, don't you?"
"Oh yes, I very much do"
They had spent all morning coming up with ways on how to raise money, but none of them seemed viable. Just as Regina was showing Emma the blueprints for the new stadium the brunette hissed.
Emma's head shot up in an instant. "What's wrong?"
Regina held up her finger, Emma seeing blood running down the slender digit. "I got a paper cut"
Emma just stared, her whole body frozen and tensed up at the sight of the crimson liquid that was trickling down Regina's long and slender finger. She could practically smell it from across the desk, the sickeningly addictive aroma that called to her from deep within her body like a siren's call. Her gaze was mesmerised as she watched the brunette bring the injured digit to her mouth and suck on it, the blonde unable to focus on anything other than that specific sight. She mentally licked her lips wanting nothing more than to do what the brunette was doing, to taste an extremely forbidden substance of which belonged to her worst enemy no less. That's what made it all the more sweet, wondering what it would taste like in her mouth, how it would slither down her throat like the purest wine, the smell of the substance that kept Regina alive tinged with magic and how it would hit her nostrils like the most enticing piece of food to ever be made. The scent that drifted through the office and to her nose was unimaginably tempting. She briefly wondered if it had a hint of apples to it before she was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard a voice calling to her.
Shaking her head she looked up to see Regina cradling her finger. "Huh?"
"I said I need a band aid Miss Swan, do you have one?"
"Oh yeah, hold on" Emma reached into her back pocket and extracted her wallet, searching inside to find the required item. "Here," She said, holding it out.
"Thank you"
Emma just nodded and tried to hold herself together. When she finally got out of Regina's office she breathed a deep sigh of relief. Knowing what needed to be done as soon as she was outside she all but ran back to her shared apartment and silently hoped her mother wasn't home.
Opening the door she thanked the heavens above for giving her the chance to avoid any awkward questions that may arise due to her somewhat strange behaviour. Grabbing what she needed and stuffing various items of clothing into a duffel bag she did a double check before grabbing a set of keys only she knew about. She quickly left a note to her family and Henry letting them know that she needed to spend some time on her own before turning towards the door.
She left the apartment without a second glance and took all the back streets hoping not to be seen. Anybody who saw her might think that she was going somewhere, somewhere that wasn't Storybrooke, and that would raise a whole lot of questions that she wasn't ready to answer.
She came up to the back of Granny's diner and entered the kitchen, spotting just the person she wanted to see. "Rubes, I need it"
Ruby turned around to see her best friend looking at her with pleading eyes. She knew exactly what Emma wanted so she held up a finger and smiled. "Hold on, I'll be right back" Emma waited awkwardly by the back door for her friend's return. She looked up when she saw Ruby holding out a blue food cooler. "Here, don't drink too much at once"
Emma nodded. "Thanks Rubes" She smiled weakly, pulling her into a hug.
"No problem. You need some time on your own huh?"
Emma nodded. "Yeah"
"I'll cover for you"
"Thanks Ruby"
"No problem"
As Emma left she was glad that Ruby was the only one that really knew what she was. Being a werewolf it just came naturally to her. She had sensed what Emma was the moment the curse had broken, eventually confronting her and promising to keep her little secret. Ever since Ruby had been the one who covered for her and provided her with what she needed. It was simple and they rarely ever talked about it but Emma was grateful to have such an understanding friend, something that she'd never really had before.
Slipping back into the back streets she avoided as many people as she could as she lugged the duffel bag over her shoulder whilst holding the cooler in her other hand. As soon as she reached the sheriff's station she headed straight for her squad car. She would have taken her bug but it was in the workshop having necessary work done on it. Unlocking the trunk and putting her stuff inside she closed it quickly and jumped into the driver's seat ready to go. Knowing her father was inside handling things she felt a little at ease knowing that it was left in good and capable hands.
She immediately started the car and pulled out, feeling safe enough to leave. She drove deep into the woods and finally arrived at the old cabin that Granny had given her the keys to. The old woman also knew what she was due to the fact that her senses had naturally told her. Ruby had mentioned to her that her grandmother knew and she had told her that the older Lucas was ok about keeping her secret just as long as she didn't kill anybody.
She immediately locked herself inside and breathed in the sweet scent of being alone and far away from any true human contact. Here she could finally let her true self breathe easy without fear of anybody finding out. She got to work on cleaning up a bit and then planted herself down on the sofa, her thoughts taking her away.
She'd kept what she was a secret for a long time now. And so well too. She'd been turned not long after she'd finished serving time, finally being free. Knowing she didn't really have anything to live for; no family, no friends, no job, nothing, she didn't really care what the hell happened to her. She'd learnt over time how to keep her true identity a secret from everyone around her and keeping anybody she came into contact with at a distance had become second nature. But that was until Henry arrived at her doorstep and her whole life changed once more.
No one other than the Lucas women knew what she was. Not even her own family. When Henry had come to her in Boston she couldn't believe it. She'd never expected it and she knew it was the worst possible thing that could have happened to her. Until he started to grow on her. Now she was stuck here. How was she going to explain what she was when they noticed she wasn't getting older like them? That would be when the serious questions that she didn't want to answer started.
She didn't even want to think about it. She'd been having this internal battle with herself ever since she'd started getting attached to the people of the town, especially the people who she now called her family. The prospect of telling them her true identity was getting harder and harder to voice the longer she stayed and got close to them. Now it was more or less impossible to tell them without breaking down the precious ties with her family she had spent God knows how long building since she'd arrived in town.
Eventually her thoughts drifted to earlier that day. She'd had such good control of herself and what she could handle, it was something she prided herself on and she was lucky to be in so much control considering how young she was. But today years of hard work and self control and discipline went out the window. She cursed herself for being so stupid. It wasn't as if she'd lusted for blood but when Regina had accidentally cut herself it was if she could think of nothing but that sweet sweet substance that ran through her veins, pumping and pumping just beneath the surface of her tantalizing and unmarked tanned skin.
The image of Regina sucking on her injured finger crossed her mind and she groaned, wondering why she thought of it as attractive. Usually she wouldn't worry so much if it was someone else but it wasn't. Of all the people it could have been, it was Regina. Her arch enemy, or so she thought.
A part of her wanted to blame it on her primal side which she rarely ever showed. It had caught her in a moment of weakness and now she was paying the price for it mentally. It took exactly what it wanted where as the rational side of her made up as many excuses as it possibly could to dismiss the feelings she had been trying to bury ever since the first moment she had seen Regina's face and that's what scared her. She craved to be in control of everything in her life but her primal side was pushing through to take what she really wanted, or at least what she tried to pass off as something she didn't desire. The papercut was the final straw and before she could realise what she was doing her true instincts had taken over her mind and put too many thoughts and pictures in her mind that she wasn't ready to handle.
Many thoughts crossed her mind as she tried to think about the reasons why she felt the way she did and why her mind was telling her so many different things at once as to how to feel. She'd never felt this way about anyone, not in this way. It was as if a raw feeling clenched it's way around her soul begging her to mark something that matched her own darkness. It was tugging and she could feel it clear as day in her chest. It was calling out for someone she really didn't want to admit she had feelings for. Today had just been the opening of gates, feelings she'd been denying for so long flooding into her system in an unstoppable rush. The very thought of Regina made something in her mind click for the very first time. She felt her heart sink into her stomach as her many thoughts suddenly stopped and she realized that she was attracted to none other than Regina Mills. She could admit that much to herself.
That's when she realized that this was underlying, that she had been attracted to her from the very first day they met. She just didn't realize until now. When she really thought about it, trying to figure out why she was attracted to her, she realized that she was hopelessly in love with her. She certainly couldn't explain it but she just knew. It was there and it was taunting her. It was telling her on two separate levels that she needed the woman.
She needed her not only in a primal way, but also in an emotional sense too. The mayor could push all of her buttons and make her madder than hell, provoking the darker side of her personality but she knew Emma in a way only she could, as a parent and a fellow being who experienced the darkness that could consume you if you weren't careful but Regina didn't know this yet. They shared a son, and that's what did it for Emma. Knowing that they shared Henry, realizing that he wasn't one or the others but belonged to both of them she sensed a bond that she hadn't come across before.
He was the thing that drew them together and she desperately wished that she had never been turned. She would eventually outlive all of them and she'd surely be outed to them at one point or another. She hoped that day never came. She didn't think she was strong enough to handle the consequences of people finding out what she truly was.
Fresh thoughts bombarded her mind and made her head pound, reminding her of the reason why she was here in the first place. She may have broken Regina's curse but she had one of her own that she would never break. It was with her, bound to her soul for eternity and it was the only downside to becoming what she was.
The thirst.
Groaning, she got up and walked over to the table where she'd placed her stuff earlier. Glancing towards the window she realized she'd been thinking for longer than she'd realised. Sighing, she turned back to the cooler that Ruby had given her finding just what she needed.
Her eyes shone exceptionally white in the moonlight as the thirst took over without her consent like a liquid fire running through her veins, the need burning and clawing at her every fibre and nerve ending and begging her to satisfy the hunger that she was chained to for eternity.
Her movements became frantic and her hands started to shake slightly as she tossed out the idea of pouring it into a cup. She was assaulted with the need to feed, much more forceful than it had ever been before. The only time she had felt it this strong was just after she was turned and she truly smelt blood for the first time as the creature she had turned into. Maybe it was the realization that Regina was the person she wanted and couldn't have that spurred her on, or maybe it was the thought that she'd smelt her blood for the first time that kicked her into over drive. She didn't care. She needed blood, and she needed it now.
Fiddling with the cap on the end of the IV drip bag only served her frustration, eventually managing to tear it off and throw it down to the floor with a few stray drops seeping into the wood. Right now she didn't care for the mess, not when she was on the verge of consuming the only thing she truly craved more than life itself right now. She stumbled, dizzy from the need, and collapsed onto the small cabinet behind the sofa.
Her fangs protracted with a very audible click in need as she hurriedly sucked on the small tube. She didn't care to hide herself any more. She was miles away from any other people and it wasn't like this was a known spot. Here she could be who she truly was and not worry about getting caught and what people would think of her. Her hands shook violently as she gripped hold of the bag clutched in her fingertips, squeezing forcefully as she tried to drink as much of the crimson substance as she could.
Her whole body started shaking as she drank, the need taking over her body and mind until it was all she could focus on, gasping as the smooth red liquid she craved so much slid down her throat and dribbled down her chin. She hadn't fed in so long and it had built up over time, finally gripping her whole body and creating a feeling she couldn't deny any longer. She had gone so long without the one thing she needed to sustain herself and she felt as if she was paying the price for it. Images of Regina crossed her mind in her haze as she desperately tried to forget it was her blood she'd rather be drinking, sucking harder on the tube as her desire grew.
Caught up in her frantic feeding she hadn't heard the car pull up outside the cabin. Hearing a knock, her entire body froze. Whoever was about to walk in was about discover her secret. She jumped up, blood bag still clutched preciously in her hands as she dashed towards the archway to the kitchen.
Unfortunately for her the person had decided to come in anyway without an answer and had caught sight of her jumping behind the wall as if she was about to be caught doing something she shouldn't which in reality wasn't entirely false. She was doing something she shouldn't, or at a least something a normal human wouldn't ever get caught doing.
"Emma?" The voice called out. Something had to be worrying her for her to use her first name in such a soft tone.
The blonde in question twitched in anticipation as the voice of the very person she'd been visualizing of whilst feeding echoed throughout the cabin and wrung in her ears over and over. She closed her eyes and prayed to God that she wouldn't get caught but somehow she had a sinking feeling she would no matter what she did.
"Emma?" Regina called out again, heels clicking across the wooden floor as she neared the kitchen.
The blonde scuttled across the floor and hid behind the breakfast bar, her back towards the door as she wished she could be left alone to finished what she had started in peace.
However, Regina didn't stop. The brunette entered the kitchen hesitantly and noted the trail of blood from the sofa to where she was standing. She knew Emma was there, she had seen her. For once she actually cared about the blonde and sure, she loved to toy with her sometimes, but she didn't want Emma to actually get hurt but from what she was seeing it looked more and more obvious to her that that was the case.
"Are you ok Miss Swan? You left without telling anyone where you were going and there's blood on the floor"
"P-Please leave" Emma gasped out, wishing for the love of God the other woman would just leave so that she didn't have to see her like this. Regina frowned as she took a step further into the room.
"Not until I know you're ok. You're bleeding"
The brunette stepped forward again and Emma tried moving out of sight once more only managing to move around the corner a little. Blood splattered onto the tiled floor as she tried covering her bloodied face with her free arm. The action only made Regina more curious, the brunette hearing Emma's quick breaths as she tried to turn away with her hand feebly covering her face.
"P-Please don't look at me" Emma whimpered, her sentence coming out in quick breaths.
Regina just rounded the breakfast bar even more determined. Emma crawled as fast as she could, rushing to get out of the room. As she hurried across the floor, all but tripping, her raised hand continued to poorly conceal her face as Regina followed her relentlessly.
The blonde crawled across the room desperately trying to get away as she trailed blood along the floorboards. Regina watched as she feebly tried to hide behind the couch. Moving closer she got a better look at her, the other woman visibly twitching with not only the nerves but the need to feed.
"L-Leave me alone!" She cried out, wishing that she was on by herself once more. However she knew Regina wouldn't leave until she got answers and that's what was scaring her.
Regina rolled her eyes and made her way around to face the blonde. "Not until you tell me what's wrong. I know I may find you annoying but now you're scaring me. At least let me check if you're hurt"
She could see Emma tightly clutching the iv bag, both hands stained with blood presumably from the mentioned item. She gasped when Emma's eyes finally looked up and met hers, her pupils tinted a bright blue as she twitched under her gaze. Her chin was coated in blood and her lips were parted just enough for Regina to make out of a pair of fangs making her gasp and raise a hand to her mouth in shock.
"What are you?" She gasped out, not quite believing what she was seeing.
Emma just looked up at her weakly knowing her secret was finally out. She took as deep a breath as she could with her violent shaking and twitching before answering the best she could in her state. "A vampire"
The words hung in the air like a thick fog as the two women continued to stare at each other, one in complete shock. Emma half expected her to run away screaming but Regina just stood there not saying anything. The silence was slowly killing the blonde.
"Regina, please say something" She whimpered, hating to sound so weak as she twitched, her thirst still demanding to be quenched. If Regina didn't say something soon she was sure to do something that she would regret.
"I-I..." The mayor stuttered, really at a loss for words. "Really?"
Emma nodded. "Yes."
"But how?"
"Regina...please...leave me alone, I need to feed!"
Regina's gaze dropped to the blood bag that she was still clenching tightly in her hand, blood spilling out and staining her skin even more. The brunette nodded weakly, still in shock, as she watched Emma greedily suck on the bag once more.
Emma couldn't wait any longer. She had held off long enough and to be interrupted whilst feeding in her state was the worst thing that could of happened. She sensed Regina turn away to give her some privacy but she got up and walked into the kitchen to at least have some semblance of being on her own.
She drunk the entire bag, throwing it into the trash can before grabbing the cooler that Ruby had given her and slid it into the friddge before closing the door, heading for the bathroom to clean herself up. When she came out Regina was seated in one of the arm chairs staring off into nothing.
"I guess I owe you an explanation, huh?" She said, sitting down on the couch.
"That would be nice"
"Ok, what do you want to know?"
"How about you start from the beginning?"
"Good idea. Ok, so it was about a year after I had finished doing time, I got out and hung around Boston in all the wrong places. I eventually became part of this dark crowd that nobody really knew anything about and it wasn't long before they offered to introduce me to the woman in charge. A few months later I was a vampire and I stuck with them until I was given permission to leave and I became a bail-bonds person. Then Henry found me on my birthday and brought me here to Storybrooke and that's basically it up until the curse broke."
"So you've been a vampire the entire time I've known you?"
"Yeah, pretty much"
"Who else knows?"
"Ruby and Granny"
"And no one else?"
"Yep, and now you"
"Tell me, Emma, why are you here?"
The vampire gulped, knowing that she would have to admit why she was here in the first place all because of that stupid paper cut. "Remember when you got that paper cut this morning?"
"Yes, I asked you if you had a band aid"
"Yeah, well, I kind of zoned out. It just smelt so good"
"My blood?" Emma nodded weakly. "How long has it been since you've fed on an actual human?"
"About a year" The blonde replied nervously, scratching the back of her head.
"And you've been feeding on blood bags ever since?"
"Yes" Emma sighed, hating all the questions although she knew she had to answer them.
"How can you walk in the sunlight?"
The vampire sighed knowing that she wouldn't stop until she knew everything. "Rumours like that, like silver and garlic are things we made up to evade being discovered so we could prove we weren't what people thought we were. We're not actually allergic to them, although silver is a little tingly on our skin and is a bitch if it gets inside us. We don't sparkle in the daylight like that Twilight crap either. That crap's just insulting"
"It was all made up?" Regina asked, genuinely curious.
"Yeah."
She studied Regina for a few long seconds wondering what the woman was thinking about. She could see that she had more questions drifting about in her brain and she knew that the mayor was most probably working out how she was going to ask them.
"Regina?"
"Yes?" The mayor replied, breaking free from her thoughts.
"How did you know I would be here?"
"I could tell."
"But how?"
"The note you wrote for your family. Henry called me over and I told him that I would find you whilst your parents looked after him. I could tell by your writing that you needed to be alone and I came here. I come here sometimes when I need to think. Ever since I've sustained from magic Granny has learned to trust me and gave me a set of keys to come here whenever I needed. Hence the way I got in when I found you had locked the door."
Emma nodded, thinking about her family. "I'm so stupid" She groaned with her head in her hands.
Regina saw the internal struggle in the blonde and stood up, joining her on the couch. She didn't know what good her presence would do but she hoped it would help her even if was just a little.
"Emma?"
"I'm so stupid!"
"Why?"
"Because I left my family without an explanation"
"That's not true"
"It is, I left a stupid little note hoping everything would be ok but it's not. I left for my own needs"
"You needed to feed, that's not a crime Miss Swan."
"But I left without telling anyone. I was selfish"
"But they don't know what you are"
"That's not the point!" Emma yelled, shooting up off the couch and walking across the room whilst rubbing her temples in frustration. Her hunger was getting the best of her and she was snapping. Sure, she'd fed but now that she'd had a taste of blood her body wanted more and her mood was decreasing the longer she denied what she truly craved. The one bag had been a temporary fix for a problem that needed to be fully quenched. She was hungry and she was taking it out on Regina.
The brunette just studied her from across the room for a few moments before getting up, not ready to let this slide just yet. She could tell that Emma was running from this conversation and she was determined to find out why the blonde was being so stubborn.
Emma turned her back to the brunette and lent forward, resting her head on the wall. A few moments later she felt a hand on her upper arm. Turning her head a little Regina was looking at her with nothing by sympathy in her eyes. For a brief moment Emma wondered if this was what the woman acted like all those years ago when she saved her mother.
The vampire never wanted any sympathy but in this very moment she couldn't help but take it. Usually she would have brushed it off but the fact that it was Regina was making it impossible for her to turn away. She swore her undead heart pounded in her chest for the briefest of moments when her mind finally stopped it's crazy onslaught of battling thoughts. The need to feed faded away until it was back to a light simmering beneath her skin.
Neither knew who made the first move but their lips met softly, Emma turning so that she was resting up against the wall. Regina's hands cupped her face as Emma's hands found the brunette's waist, pulling their body's flush together. Their eyes closed as if in sync with each other as they kept it slow, enjoying the new and exciting feelings that were washing over them. Months of unresolved tension between them melted away with a feeling of release as they tightened their grips on each other, their lips showing no sign of pulling apart any time soon.
Regina let her body be gripped tightly as she felt herself slowly losing any sense of what she was doing. It was strange, but she didn't care. She revelled in the fact that for once she didn't have to ruthlessly plan anything, letting herself 'fall' into the vampire she was so desperately clutching onto. Emma felt this too and felt her own control slightly slipping, allowing herself to enjoy the feeling of kissing a woman she had fell so in love with she hadn't even realised it until today. Her super sensitive senses were lost in every essence of the word to soft caresses of Regina's lips upon her own and warm hands clutching the cool skin of her cheeks.
When they finally pulled away for air they rested their foreheads against one another, only the sound of their breathing filling the otherwise silent room.
"What was that?" Emma asked, with her eyes closed not believing that she had just kissed the one woman she never thought she could have.
Regina sighed contently in response, her fingers caressing the sides of Emma's neck as their breathing returned to normal. "I don't know. It just kind of happened"
Truthfully, Regina had never felt the way she had when she'd kissed Emma. Not even with Daniel. It was as if the other woman had filled her up with a warmth she never thought she'd be able to feel again and she realized that it was something that she wanted to feel more than once.
Before Emma could ask another question lips met a little slower than before as if they were memorizing the way that it felt, as if it was an intimate act that was to be cherished for an extremely long time to come. The way that they seemed to perfectly lock together with every soft caress was example enough. When they pulled away for the second time they couldn't help but let smiles grace their features, Regina getting a look at Emma's extended canines properly for the first time from under her top lip.
Emma saw curiosity cross Regina's gaze and knew she could see her fangs. Opening her mouth a little more, she eyed the brunette closely as she raised a finger to one of them to run it along the point.
Accepting that she couldn't go back on the kiss, that her and Emma were supposed to be a lot more whether they liked it or not, she went ahead and cut her finger on purpose. She glanced up at Emma's eyes for a reaction and to her relief she was silently telling her that it was ok. They both knew, especially Emma, that when Regina did this, giving the vampire a taste of her blood, she couldn't go back. Not now, not ever. The brunette would be connected to her on a much deeper level, somewhat bound by the blood itself. Despite this being a heavy decision Regina didn't want to go back. For the first time in an extremely long time she felt like herself in Emma's presence.
Given Regina's encouraging glance Emma smelt the fresh substance, much more appealing than the blood bag was. For once she really wished that she didn't wait so long to feed off a human. She'd held back for so long she'd started regretting it, especially lately due to the fact that it had become harder and harder to ignore the obvious pull between her and the former queen. Just like earlier in Regina's office she smelt the other woman's blood, this time much more openly because she knew she could taste it without it being a dream or a fantasy. It seemed as though it was a lot stronger and intoxicating than this morning, probably because she was inches away from it this time.
Regina couldn't help the groan that escaped her lips when she felt Emma suck her finger leisurely and deliberately, her tongue expertly licking the digit for every last drop until it was completely cleared. When she unhurriedly pulled it out of the blonde's mouth she felt the arms around her waist grip just a little tighter. Once her finger was out of the vampire's mouth completely she looked up and eyed the blonde as if expecting an answer.
"So?"
Emma avoided her gaze and let her forehead collapse into the crook of Regina's neck breathing in her scent as if to calm herself from all of the feelings the small taste of blood had evoked within her. "You taste amazing, better than I had expected."
"Really?" She asked, a little surprised at Emma's response. For some reason she had half expected the blonde to pull away from her in disgust.
Emma lifted her head to look at her at the worry clear in her voice. "Yes, with a hint of apples for some strange reason"
Before Emma realized what was happening in a sudden movement Regina had pulled back, gripping her hand and pulling her away from the wall.
"Regina, what are you doing?"
The brunette never replied, instead tugging her towards the main bedroom. As soon as Emma was stood in front of her she turned around and cupped her face with her hands and pulled her in for another kiss, already feeling as if she would never get enough.
Emma's hands gripped tightly at her waist as they kissed but as much as she wanted it too continue she felt selfish for wanting the brunette all to herself. Regina frowned when she felt Emma push her away and take a step back, confused as to why the blonde would be pulling away.
"Emma?"
Emma's heart sank a little at the rare vulnerability in Regina's voice, knowing that she had been the one to put it there. In that very moment she wanted nothing more than to pull her close and show her just how much she loved her already but she had to make sure they were both willing. The feelings between them were still extremely fresh.
"Do you want this?"
"Yes"
"No, do you reallywant this?" The blonde asked, Regina noticing her hands clenching into fists at her sides as they stood completely apart.
Regina took a determined step closer not understanding why Emma's voice had taken a sudden hostile tone. "I said yes Emma, isn't that enough?"
Emma sighed, Regina surprised that she didn't flinch or shy away when she led her towards the bed where they then sat on the edge together side by side.
"It's not Regina, it's really not"
The brunette stared at her helplessly, not quite sure how to help in a situation like this. Deciding to try anyway, she peeled away the hands that Emma had covering her face and made her look at her by holding her chin and turning her head towards her.
"Why isn't it enough?"
She saw the insecurity in Emma's eyes as they looked each other directly and for the first time since Regina had known her she saw the real Emma.
"Do you want to give yourself to me, all of you?"
Regina's thumb stroked Emma's jaw as she considered what the blonde was implying and it wasn't long before she fully understood exactly what is was that Emma was talking about. If you'd asked her that morning if she'd kiss the blonde sheriff she would have told you you were crazy. But now, with the both of them looking directly at each other, she finally admitted what she'd been trying to deny since the very first day the blonde had arrived in Storybrooke. She loved Emma Swan and she was ready to finally admit it to her in the form of giving herself to her in every way.
"Yes"
"Are you sure? It's not just something simple Regina, it's a big deal. Not only for me but for you especially"
"I'm ready Emma, it's taken me this long to admit it but I want you and I want you to do this, no matter what it entails. I'm strong enough"
"Ok"
With that one simple answer Emma ducked her head and kissed her way up Regina's throat, her tongue darting out as the brunette lightly moaned, her arms coming up to grip at Emma's biceps as she tried to control herself. She knew her efforts were futile as she was losing her control fast, a kiss just below her ear the final straw. That was when Emma knew she had full control of her now and Regina was willing to give her the reigns, something she had never done before when it came to being intimate with someone. The kisses to her neck and jaw were all the proof she needed to confirm that this situation was different to any other that she'd been in and she found herself liking it despite being a little nervous as to what would happen.
She was brought back to reality when Emma's hands started tugging the shirt she was wearing out of her pencil skirt. Before Emma could start undoing it Regina flipped their positions and pushed the blonde to the bed to straddle her, some of her control coming back from the dominant position. When she pulled away from Emma's lips she started seductively unbuttoning her shirt one button at a time as slowly as she possibly could. The vampire licked her lips as she watched Regina's skin slowly reveal itself, wanting nothing more than to sit up and kiss and explore as much of it as she could.
Skilled hands finally pulled off the shirt slowly and threw it somewhere across the room before Regina turned back to Emma. The blonde gripped her hips tightly and pulled her down, kissing her as if nothing else in the world mattered but her. Her entire being felt intoxicating, the darkness of what she was appealing to her own inner darkness. The concept was something the brunette had never felt before and it felt foreign but she realized it was something she wanted to continue. For once she felt wanted, and not just in a sexual way, but actually wanted. Despite the fact that Emma was the one in control she couldn't help but feel as if she was cherished. Her mother was definitely wrong, Emma was the one who was right. Love wasn't weakness, it was strength, something she now believed as Emma finally kissed her, showing her exactly why.
They shed the rest of their clothes slowly, simply enjoying the action. When they were finally naked before each other Emma rolled them over so that she was hovering above the brunette. She took a few silent moments to herself as she admired how Regina's short brown hair splayed out around her head, framing her well-defined face whilst the moonlight made her skin glow.
She smiled as she traced the scar above Regina's lips with her finger. She touched it so lightly it was like as if she was touching something that was so fragile it would break at the slightest touch. The way she smiled at her made Regina's heart flutter, something it hadn't done since Daniel. She was brought out of her thoughts by Emma's soft and quiet voice.
"You're beautiful"
The smile she got in return she had never expected to receive, especially from someone like Regina, but as they looked at each other in this brief moment of silence she realized she truly meant it. Regina was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen. She was laying beneath her, offering all of herself to her, finally letting her see beneath the cold mask of the mayor she'd gotten used to every day. This Regina was different. She could tell she was willing to give herself to her and Emma couldn't help but smile, wanting nothing more than to take that gift and honour it with her entire being.
"No one's ever said that to me before" Regina smiled shyly, not quite knowing what to say.
"Well, it's true. I think you look beautiful"
Regina was at a loss for words, instead pulling Emma in for a slow and tender kiss that seemed to take both their breaths away.
Skin met skin as they moved together, slowly taking the time to explore each other's bodies. As Emma's fingers slipped inside of her for the first time, Regina let out a gasp at the tenderness in the action knowing that she was taking it slow for a reason. As she started moving in and out Emma kissed the humans neck, feeling her pulse beating at a steady pace just beneath her skin.
Regina knew what was going to happen and as she gasped at Emma bringing her closer to the edge, she gripped the back of the blonde's neck tightly. Emma felt her head being kept in place and they tensed when she felt Regina clenching around her finger's down below. It was then that she sped up her pace. Just as the brunette fell off the edge she bit down, making her scream out her name in ecstasy.
"EMMA!"
The blonde sucked steadily on her neck as she slowly brought her down from the edge trying to let her ride out her pleasure and make it last for as long as possible. When she felt Regina calm considerably she pulled out her fingers and pulled away from her neck, kissing the two holes that now disturbed her somewhat perfect skin.
She just held her close as her breathing returned to normal, Regina curling into her arms and resting her head on her chest. It wasn't long before the brunette fell asleep, herself following soon after and finally feeling content with herself.
The next morning she woke up to an empty bed, but it was then that her hypersensitive hearing kicked into action and she heard the sound of Regina moving about in the kitchen. Smiling, she stretched out in the middle of the bed completely content to just lay there for a few more moments. Her thoughts drifted to last night and how for the first time since she was turned she felt ok to be herself. She found the idea of Regina being the person making her feel ok a little strange but on the other hand she was relieved that it wasn't anyone else. She knew she was in love with the mayor and she was finally ready to admit that to herself. It was also the first time since she was turned that she felt more or less quenched, being able to focus on other things than the constant and growing pull of her thirst.
When her stomach rumbled she realized that even though her vampire side was quenched her human side was hungry from not having eaten at all yesterday. Getting up she stretched her arms above her head and pulled on a pair of boxers and a tank top from her duffel bag before making her way out of the room.
She found Regina in the kitchen in nothing but her panties and the sky blue button up she was wearing the day before. She let herself rest against the door frame and smiled, her arms crossing over her chest.
"Are we really comfortable to be walking around in just our underwear already?" She smirked, the brunette jumping at the sudden break in silence out of nowhere.
Regina turned around and glared at her playfully whilst giving Emma a good view of her bare chest underneath the unbuttoned shirt. "Do you not like it Miss Swan?" She flirted with a suggestive smile on her face. The blonde's silence was enough to have her smirking in victory as she turned back to the frying pan where she was making pancakes.
She jumped a little in surprise once more when she suddenly felt arms wrap around her waist from behind but soon relaxed, smiling when she felt a familiar breath on her neck and the tell tale sounds of deep intakes of breath above her pulse point.
"I do like it. Very much" Emma whispered into her ear, her hands caressing her bare stomach as she kissed her neck.
"Good. That's what I like to hear." Regina replied whilst internally trying her hardest to keep control of herself.
"Mmm, how are you feeling this morning?" The blonde asked, kissing the side of Regina's neck she'd fed on.
Regina gasped a little at the sensitivity of the marks, but let out a satisfied breath when Emma soothed them with the soft brush of her lips in the form of featherweight kisses. "I feel good"
"Are you sure?"
Regina turned around, momentarily abandoning what she was doing, and wrapped her arms around Emma's neck to kiss her softly. "I'm ok, really." She replied softly, resting their foreheads together. "Now, go and sit at the table. Breakfast should be ready any minute"
She pecked her lips once more and shooed Emma out of the kitchen, the blonde grinning the entire time. As she sat down at the table and thought about the woman in the other room she knew they wouldn't be able to go back to the way they were before. She secretly hoped that they would become something more but she knew they would have to talk it out before they went back into town if they were going to get anywhere otherwise people would definitely know something was up between them.
Soon enough breakfast was served and about half way through she saw Emma freeze up. "Emma, what's wrong?" She asked, finishing her bite of pancake.
"What about my family? They must think something happened to us. Oh God, what about Henry?"
"Not to worry dear. I called them before I started making breakfast and said we were fine, that we needed to talk things out last night and it was too late for me to come back so I stayed the night. I told them we'd be back this afternoon. I figured we could talk about what happened last night before we head back."
"Oh, good" She said, relief washing over her. "Thanks"
"No problem dear, Now finish up your pancakes so we can get dressed and talk"
Emma smiled at the term of endearment as she took another bite of her pancakes. She could definitely get used to this.
When they had finished eating they showered and got dressed before sitting next to each other on the couch, neither of them really knowing how to start. But when their hands found each other's they smiled at one other, both giving each other the encouragement they needed. Emma was the one to speak first.
"What do we do now?"
"What do you want to do? I know your secret, but I won't tell anyone"
"I know, it's just that what do we do about us?"
"Is there an 'us'?" She asked, raising a pointed eyebrow.
Emma scratched the back of her neck nervously and tried to avoid Regina's gaze, the brunette stopping her and turning her face back to look at her so that she couldn't look away again. "Emma?"
"Uhm, if y-you w-want to, I mean, it's totally up to you. I wouldn't be offended if you said no..."
"Emma"
"I mean, it's ok, I don't mind..."
"Emma" The brunette chuckled, finding Emma's nervous rambling cute.
"What if my parents don't approve..."
"Emma!" Regina called, still not getting a response.
Deciding to take drastic measures she cupped the sheriff's face fully and cut her ramblings off with a kiss. Emma's body relaxed immediately before Regina moved over and straddled her lap, the blonde's hands already instinctively wrapping around her waist. When they pulled away for air they rested their foreheads together.
"You didn't answer my question" Regina smiled, her eyes closed.
"What was it?"
"Is there an 'us'?"
"What, as in like together?" Regina nodded. "Uhm, yeah, if you want to"
"I do" The brunette smile, pulling Emma in for another kiss.
By the time they had finished discussing what they were going to do in terms of the Charming's and Henry, and as Emma put it 'practising to be a couple' (which was really just an excuse to kiss Regina), they left the cabin ready to face their loved ones.
They drove their separate cars back into town and once Emma had transferred into Regina's car they started the journey to the Charming's apartment.
TBC